When you are pregnant it is one of the most special and memorable periods in your life. If we’re being honest it can also be a little weird. Here are some of the strangest pregnancies and pregnancy photos ever.

The Oldest Mother

Indian lady Rajo Devi Lohan is nothing if not a trier. She got married in 1943 and she and her husband immediately set about trying to have a baby. The years passed and before they knew it was the 21st century and they were still childless. She finally got pregnant and had a baby at the end of 2008, at the age of 70. She claimed that she was then going to try for a second child, although I haven’t been able to find any updates on her story since then.

The Judo Pregnancy

What’s going on in this strange pregnancy photo then? I can see some obscenely large flowers and I can see a pregnant woman in a judo outfit. Actually, it might be a karate outfit or a taekwondo one for all I know. The important thing is that the bloody flowers are trying to attack her. Thankfully, the charming chap is there to protect her and the unborn baby.

The Youngest Mother

So, if the older mother in the world ever was aged 70 what age was the youngest? Would you believe that Lina Medina gave birth at the age of 5? The Peruvian girl gave birth to a healthy boy in 1939, becoming the youngest confirmed mother ever. No one knows how she became pregnant. Her father was initially held on child abuse charges but later released when no evidence was found.

The Utterly Weird Cat Photo

Is this happy couple of parents-to-be really dressed up as cats? I think I can make out the phrase The Circle of Life on Mum’s upper chest. So, it’s a Lion King thing, then? As long as they don’t call their kid Hakuna Matata things should work out ok in the end.

The Most Pregnancies

How many children do you think were born to the world’s most prolific mother? 20? 30? Keep going, buddy. 40? 50? Almost there now. We don’t know the name of the lady but we do know that she was the wife of a randy chap called Feodor Vassilyev. Between the years 1725 and 1765 this lady gave birth to an incredible 69 children. She was only actually pregnant 27 times. Ha, only 27 times. She had 16 pairs of twins. 7 lots of triplets and 4 bunches of quadruplets. Incredibly, good old Mr Vassilyev then had 18 more children with his second wife. Some people doubt that this story is true bit it has made it into the Guinness Book of Records as the record for the most prolific mother and one of the strangest pregnancy stories.

The Longest Time Difference Between Pregnancies

You know how it is when you have one baby and you decide you want another right away? Sure you do. Elizabeth Ann Buttle knows too. It’s just that life kind of got in the way of her second pregnancy. Her first kid was born in 1956 and her second in 1997, a mere 41 years later.